landa y Estados Unidos seis hoben These words spoken by Acting
di Aruba ta trahando duro ariba Governor F E J van der Valk in attending an open meeting in Lago
High School auditorium on the sub
the First Caribbean Conference
nan estudio na universidad Ora opening
ject What is Mental Health
Mental Health the
cu nan ta cla mayoria di nan lo on set
of the Conference and Attempting first to answer the
a
bolbe na nan isla como ciudadano keynote
question Dr A Poslavsky of the
to its
nan valuable y util capaz pa con guide goals
tribui hopi pa futuro di Aruba During the five day meeting in University of Utrecht pointed out

E Sociedad pa Promove Estudio Aruba March 14 19 leaders in the the changes in public attitudes that
came about with increasing awareness
por reclama derecho ariba algun di fields of mental health medicine
of mental health problems For
e credito pa yuda e hobennan aki psychology and sociology undertook
field of mental example he said the drunkard and
pa un educacion mas avanzd Tur to explore the whole
criminal are no longer considered
seis a worde yuda den un manera of health in the Caribbean
Dr J H Rees of London Chairman people who get what they deserve
otro door di e Sociedad y nan ta
Now they are looked upon as piople
representa frutanan di e organiza of the World Federation of
who need societys help and further
Mental Health chairman of the
cion aki su esfuerzonan pa pone was
#&* C ** pose the question to society of how
Arubianonan cu educacion universi conference A number of Lago employees
v ^ ^ '.^: ? IllIliBH tario den e futuro ya briljante di including Dr Robert Turf they came to fall Mental health
Aruba boer Di William Kendall Max he said is how man thinks with
himself his friends his
Juli ultimo ora e Sociedad a wor Croes Rev D R Evans and T F community

de aprobd door di gobierno y el ta Hagerty are members of the Aruba his God
Dr B Schaffner an educator
bata cla pa principia su trabao ta Mental Health Society host group
sessions from New York observed at the discussion
batin mas aplicantenan pa ayudo cu for the
tabatin ayudo disponible pa duna The first meeting featured an ad that mental health began
dress the Dr Rees early in a human being Mental
by distinguished
Awor pa prepara pa e anja scolar
health and mental diseases start

venidero e Sociedad ta haciendo un Later that day informal discussions
with the infant he said A child
promer propaganda mayor pa haya relating to Caribbean problems took
develops his basic attitudes in the
fondos E obheto a worde ponl na up the delegates attention
first ten years the all important formative
Fls 32000 cual e Sociedad su Presidente
Lago Participates period when the child adopts
J H Beaujon ta calcula di
V jPffiyBSL \ H C u *- j22mP "kV ^ EB On March 18 the Conference moved influences that will guide his actions
haya cual lo ta suficiente pa yuda
to Lago for the day and Lagos to a large degree when he bumps in
16 estudiante E accion propagan
management took part in panel discussions to life in his later years There are
distico lo dura di Maart 28 te
on Industrial Hygiene Dr solid indications of a childs mental
April 15
Rees chairmanned informal discussions health It is the childs enthusiasm
Pa por ser eligible pa yudanza e
at the Community Church for life a feeling of loveto love
aplicante mucha muher of mucha
That night Lago Colony residents i Continued on page 8
homber mester ta soltero bao 25

Two months later Mr Tromp was the check for 10 new crisp green na Aruba despues di completa su estudio

notified that his CYI had not only and blue one hundred guilder notes aunque esaki ta deseable

been accepted by the investigating This was the final step of an idea Tres miembro di e Junta di e Sociedad
committee but had earned Fls 600 that turned into check
a that turned ta empleadonan di Lago J
for its suggestor Just about a year into one thousand guilders for Ste H Beaujon H Meskill y James D
later August 1956 Mr Tromp re- fan Tromp Wood

Looks To Future

Aruba Scholarship Group Plans Fund Drive

At this moment in Holland and people on to advanced education All prepare for the coming school year

the United States six Aruba six have been helped in some way the foundation is launching its first

boys are hard at work in university by the foundation and represent the all out drive for funds The goal has

studies When they are finished first fruits of this oiganizations ef been set at Fls 32000 which foundation ANOTHER LAGO employee passed the 30 year mark March 8 He is

most of them will return to forts to place college trained Aru President J H Beaujon estimates Hendrik A Wever of the Storehouse Here he receives the congratula

their island as useful and valuable bans in Arubas future will be enough for the years tions of T F Hagerty executive assistant B Teagle public relations

citizens able to contribute Last July when the foundation needs The drive will last from manager and H Chippendale technical service superintendent

much to Arubas future was approved by the government March 28 to April 15 UN OTRO cmpleado di Lago a pas e marca di trinta anja Maart 8 Esa

The Aruba Scholarship Founda and it was ready to begin its work To be eligible for aid the applicant ki tabata Hendrik A Wever di Storehouse Aki e ta recibi e felicitacion

tion can lay claim to some of the there weie more applicants for aid either boy or girl must be di T F Hagerty asistente ehecutivo B Teagle gerente di Rclacion Pu

credit for helping these young than there was aid to give Now to Continued on page 2 blico y II Chippendale superintendente di servicio technico

AKUiiA ESSO NEWS
March 23 1957

rgX
III Promotes

Kurt K L Weill Weill Industrial Relations B T A O T A

Department group head since March
PUBLISHED EVERY OTHER SATURDAY AT ARUBA NETHERLANDS
ANTILLES BY LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO LTD 1956 was promoted to senior personnel
PrlnUd by the Aruba DrukkerlJ NV Neth Ant assistant March 1
Originally em Creative Thinking Expert

ployed by Stan

Spring Brings Retirement dard Oil Company Development in To Lead Off Seminars

To Three Veteran Sept 1948 Mr A man who has brought creative thinking to the oil industry in big

Employees Weill transferred and productive chunks will kick off the first of three seminar programs

Spring has brought retirements to to Lago in December offered Lago employees this year by the Seminar Committee
of the same The course appropriately is called Creative
three long service employees Frank rator In March 1945 he was promo Thinking
year as junior engineer He is Charles H Clark of the
B Roebuck training coordinator in ted to process training coordinator Ethyl Corporation who has demon
He worked strated tne brainstozming techni
the Mechanical Department left Mr Roebucks next move was in
as chemist in TSD que of developing ideas to a number
Aruba March 16 and brought to a January 1949 when he was named lands Cambridge University and a
Lab until Decem of oil companies and who is the
close a career that spanned over 23 coordinator refinery loss activities research associate in Harvards Laboratory
ber 1953 when he author of the first college textbook
years and process training He was raised j Weill of Social Relations the fol
transferred to Industrial Applied Imagination creative
Emilio S Iglesia with 231a years to the post he held at retirement in on lowing year
Relations as personnel assistant thinking The course he teaches will
Next fall Oct 20 to Nov
of service preceded Mr Roebuck December 1952 21
In March of last year he was last from June 10 to July 5 Prof
and retired March 1 At the time of Mr Iglesia started out as a sailor Eugene Grant will lead the last
made group head benefits and re Following behind in
immediately seminar
his retirement he was material dispatcher with Esso Shipping Company in course The subject will be
cords FS is the second of the three
sequence
in the Storehouse January 1926 and joined Lago in Engineering Economics a field of
seminars arranged by the committee
The third man in the trio Sotero June 1937 as laborer in the Dry study that is becoming more and
Dock He transferred to the Storehouse Raphael Hodge Human Relations This course mora important in contemporary society
led by Professor Robert Blake of the
Prof Grant
who
teaches
Economics
in the same year and served
Ta Gana Honor University of Texas will be divided of
as laborer and storehouse helper until Engineering at Stanford
into two sections The first will
part University has written
October 1956 when he was promoted Hodge tabata entre extensively
Raphael e
be in the nature of a follow for
up in the area where im
to material dispatcher II 17 estudiantes di Howard University engineering
those who completed Dr Goodsons pinges on management His Prin
Mr Angela began his quarter-century su School di Enginieria y Ar
similar course in the fall of 1955
ciples of
Engineering
plus in July 1931 as laborer chitectura kende a beca di Economy is
gana
the second part will be for
beginners the standard text the
and in the years following rose estudio e primavera aki Raphael on subject
through helper tradesman tinsmith ; Employees may enroll in either sec From time to time throughout his
tabata honra pa motibo di su exce
helper and tinsmith C B and A He lente lecord den su trabao acade tion however career he has advised industry and
Prof Blake possessing a distinguished government on matters to
is a native of Aruba relating
mico durante di
e promer parti e
record in group psychology his specialty

anja and human relations has had wide Final details of enrollment cost
Fechanan di Siendo miembro di Klas 1950
F Roebuck E Iglesia un experience in the petroleum industry and class hours will be announced
di School di Ofishi di
Lago Raphael
A He was a lecturer for the Ame soon
Angela tinsmith Olympiada ta awor den su promer anja na rican Petroleum Institute a consultant
A will close out Howard Promer cu el a atende e
Anuneia to the Continental Oil Com
his Lago days colegio di Washington DC el a
pany Continental Pipeline Company Aruba Scholarship
April 1 with a total Binti tres evento ariba pista di ca traha den TSD Engineering El ta and Oil Industry Training Group In

joined Lago permanently Olympiada festival tradicional pa he must be accepted by the school

in October Anja di La Reina na Lago Sport Park Cuminsa of his choice anywhere in the world
CYI Idea ta
1934 as operator i Park April 29 Only then can the foundation con
third class E programa ta inclui carieda di Trece Giinamento Beisbol ta den aire noticia di sider the application for aid The

FOLLOWING THE formal opening outside the club SIGUIENDO ariba e habrimento formal pafor di e
and in the auditorium Chairman John Wever invited club y den e auditorio Presidente Jan Wever a in-
the guests to join in a moment of conviviality in vita e invitadonan pa tuma parti den un momento
celebration of the new clubs opening di alegria pa habrimento di e club nobo

Officers To Retain Positions Until

General Meeting Six Months Hence

A completely renovated refurbished Club Later that evening free entertainment decided to detach the clubs administration
and restocked Lago Club and movies were provided and upkeep from the company
tor club members the Lago Club Activities Committee
was formally made the Lago
Mr Wever is presently chairman was its guiding light This
Heights Club and turned over to
ot an eight man Board of Governors group was the same as the Lago CUTTING THE ribbon and handing over the kejs got the new Lago
its membership Feb 9 In a ceremony
It is a provisional boaid that formerly Heights Advisory Committee but Heights Club opening ceremonies under way F W Switzer cut the
that included General
Superintendent made up the Lago Heights handled club activities under the ribbon with scissors presented by Valli Wever then turned over the key
F W Switzer and provisional Advisory Committee and the Lago club name Now the club will be to the club to Chairman John Wever
Chairman John L Wever the Heights Activities Committee The tended by its Board of Governors
Club facilities changed CORTANDO e cinta y entregamento di e jabinan a principia e ceremo-
Lago Heights board will administer necessary administration who will be directly responsible for
nianan di habiimento di Lago Heights Club nobo F W Switzer corta
Hands from Lago sponsored administration until October At the the clubs welfare to its members and a
to control within the end of this six month period a ge shareholders It is anticipated that e cinta cu sker preisenta door di Valli Wever despues a entrega e yabi
club nobo Presidente John Wever
clubs membership neral election will be held of all club many of the old clubs favorite activities ua e na
The early evening ceremony started members for a new committee The will be continued under the
outside the club with pert little lull committee as it now stands will new management
Miss Valli Wever daughter of the not be in office the entire six Two hundred club shares were Lago Club A Worclc
clubs provisional chairman presenting months however The constitution sold at Fls 50 a piece giving the
Mr Switzer a pair of scissors ot the new club allows for a seven club a starting kitty of Fls 10000 Entreffa na Micmhroiiaii
with which he cut the ribbon man committee and not eight Come In addition to overhauling the building
stretched across the front door Mr April 4 Mr Wever will resign his the company also piovided the Un Lago Club completamente presenta un sker na Sr Switzer cu
Switzer then handed Mr Wever the post Mr van Blarcum present vice club with completely stocked shelves testaura renoba y surti a worde cual el a corta e cinta extendi dilan
key to the club the chairman ac chairman will take over as chairman Within the building besides the oticialmente cambia pa Lago ti di e porta Sr Switzer luego a pa
cepted and invited the guests to inspect of a seven man committee auditorium aie a lounge a bar and Heights Club y entrega na su sa Sr Wever e yabi di e club e presidente
the refurbished club The present committee in addi desk were magazines books candies miemforonan Februari 9 Den un a accepta y a invita e heus
R A van Blarcum as master of tion of Mr Wever and Mr van Blar and the like may be purchased To ceremonia cu tabata inclui Super pedes pa inspecciona e club restaura
ceiemonies intioduced speakers in cum consists of F D Parris secre the west side of the building is the mtendente General F W Switzer R A van Blarcum como maestro
the clubs auditorium There Mr tary J J Arrindell treasurer N patio and dance area This is also y Presidente Temporario John L di ceremonia a introduci e oradores
Switzer Mr Wever and Colony Service Nyack assistant treasurer E Camp the dining location Other facilities Wever e facilidadnan di club a cambia den e auditorium di e club Aki Sr
Department Manager N M bell assistant treasurer and B I are tennis courts basketball court donjo for di un administracion Switzer Sr Wever y Gerente di Co
Shirley all wished the clubs new Viapree and J Vries coordinators and football and baseball field bao auspicio di Lago pa un control lony Service Department N M Shir
management well in future endeavors The Lago Club as it was known At the time of its 1941 opening di miembronan di e club ley tur a desea e directiva nobo di
From the auditorium the tor years was officially opened by the club repiesented an investment E ceremonia tempran den anochi e club tur cos bon den futuro esfuer
guests moved to the patio where re members of management club members ot 26000 Today it is well over a principia pafor di e Club ora e zonan For di e auditorio e huespe
lieshments were served in honor of island dignataries and invited two and one half times the original chiqiutica Srta Valli Wever yiu di des a bai pa e patio unda lefiesco a
the beginning of the Lago Heights !guests July 26 1941 Until it was investment e presidente temporario di e club a ConUnua na pagina 8

A HIGH ranking visitor to Lago
mj \ ft
early this month was United
States Navy Admiral Dan Gallery
commanding officer of the 10th
US Naval District Admiral Gallery
is also commander of the Caribbean
Sea Frontier which includes
Aruba During his visit
here he toured the refinery left
and struck the familiar position
of an old salt on the deck rail
ing of Esso tug San Nicolas
Guests at the luncheon for the
admiral included Lt Gov L C
Kwartsz and Major V J L ttlom

The annual carnival lestivities reported by many to be the
NO CARNIVAL is complete grandest ever got underway Feb 23 at Wilhelmina Stadium
without a bevy of beauties with the selection of Miss Rica Veger as Queen of the Carnival
Heie they are fiom the East The runner up was Miss Eugenia Tromp The girls were selected
from 18 lovely young ladies dressed in flowing gowns all representing
NINGUN carnaval ta comple clubs commercial organizations or private groups Two
to sin nn grupo di bellezas parades ware held this year one in San Nicolas March 2 and another
Aki nan ta for di Oriente in Oranjestad March 3 Both parades received much participant
and spectator enthusiasm Floats were in abundance all
gayly decorated in the most creative schemes A number of floats
were enhanced by the beauty of the young ladies adorning them
And with the beauty came the gay characters full of burlesque
The donkey cart not only drew many laughs but also won a
prize Then there was the fat ole lady man with a large pipe
and lady with hunch back that brought many chuckles The Surinam
Club with its Brokopondo float depicting the Djuka and his
canoe won first prize in San Nicolas In Oranjestad first prize
went to the Caribe Clubs float that carried two indians a large
conche shell and a base of smaller shell and beach sand The win
ning Caribe float was one of 11 entered by the club

THE ARUBA Dramatic Club entry in the carnival festivities was highlighted by its queen and
piince Miss Jessica van Putten and Ellis Lopes The club also sponsored Robin Hood

A SIDELINE spectator in
her own carnival colors
peers at the photographer

UN OBSERVADOR bisti
den su traje di carnaval ta
& mira cu masha alencion
THE FESTIVE doings of a gay carnival group is clearly portiaed in this pictuie
Jojous figures aie thej that sing to the music of the guitar and maracas

THE FLAG signalling the start of the race is waved by George Lawrence and the horses
break away The three contestants round the curve right led by Reservo with Juny Halley
up followed by Siete Leguas ridden by Max Tromp and Onza with George Wever

Once a month horses pound around It had broken its leg and later was
an oval track within Wilhelmina Stadium humanely destroyed
Enthusiastic ciowds cheer on The Association will celebrate its
their favorite mounts for the horses second anniversary next month It
are fine racing animals and are competing has big plans for the future of horse
under the auspicies of the breeding and racing in Aruba The
Aruba Horse Racing Association Association now has under lease
On meet days usually 12 to 16 seven acres at Dakota which it hopes
horses enter the competition Six to transform into a permanent race
races comprise the card with three track
horses generally making up the race President of the Horse Racing Association
The animals are all privately owned is R Arends Other officers
with the exception of a few owned are E Caprilles of the Mechanical
and raced by the Association as an Department vice president A Morales
incentive to private horse fanciers treasurer M Pieters of the
One such horse brought to Aruba Accounting Department secretary
from Curacao by the Association and and C Larmonie second secretary
then sold to an enthusiast here was Board members are B Zambrano J
struck by tragedy during one of Smit J Arends of the Mechanical
February races The horse Prince Department and J Johnson oT the
tripped while running hard and fell Process Department

^ *.*. +
W i IPS-

1MM J a a

EAGER FOLLOWERS gather around the injured AFICIONADONAN ansioso ta acerca rond di e ma-
Prince The horse tripped while racing and it was logrado Prince E cabai a trompica den careda y a
ascertained that he had broken his leg Later the kibra su pia Despues e cabai a worde destrui
animal was mercifully destroyed humanamente

AN AKUI1AN horse is C lau
shown with Boy Robles up The
horse is one of the belter contenders
in the monthly meets
Some of the young folk who find
the exciting races to their liking
are pictured left peering
through the fence The races have
stirred much enthusiasm

THE FIRST of four sections of e planta di awa nobo na Balashi
the new water plant at Balashi is ta na caminda pa Aruba E sec
on its way to Aruba The section cion a worde manda for di Ingla
was sent from England one month terra un luna mas promer cu a
earlier than predicted by G J worde preminti door di G J Weir
Weir & Sons Ltd of Scotland ymm GevuMutNT & Sons Ltd di Scotland Munstra
Pictured is the architects sketch ta e architecto su pintamento di
of the new plant which will be one BiUHI e planta nobo cual lo ta un di e
of the largest in the world and RD6ANW mas grandi na mundo y uno capable
one capable of producing 2700000 pa produci 2700000 gallon
gallons of fresh water a day di awa fresco pa dia

NEWS and VIEWS

pK vVsa *^** -m in ^ / JKk

SEATED AT the retirement
luncheon table as guest of honor
is A G Zandwijken right Join
ing him at the luncheon were
left to right Marine Manager "'
I 4jttS
D V Newton J H Brown III -rBrilHHilL
C A Nalook Simon Geerman and
G Zandwijken The former Ma
rine employee entered Lago service
J JET
in 1929 His total service was tPtk i
all in the Marine Department

READY HANDS reach to con
giatulate Emilio Iglesia following
the piesentation of retirement
gifts to him His fellow workers
in the Storehouse presented him -through v
ggmfmgmmmiim ^^* v4
Jules Abrahams a check
Mr Iglesia started with Lago in
1937 at the Dry Dock A shoit
Kr V wk B5H ZBi ^ to MwlUJr iIKBbSa m time latei he transferred to the
Storehouse where he remained ?"- *-" K A Klt-
wHJf
until his retirement

He was feted following the completion of Lago service which totalled TWENTY FOUR expatriate wies began an orientation course 3Iarch 11
15 years To Mr Johns left are L C Millei E Geerman Fiank It was the first of its kind as well as the first of six sessions they will
Gladman J J Pfaff and A Cyrus Mi John was employed in the attend to find out more about Aruba the Caribbean Lago and Standard '

Mason Craft throughout hi entire Lago employ Oil Co NJ A tour is included in the final session of the program

dos-y-mei bez e inversion original Ronny Donald Electrical A son Cirilio Candelario
February 24 March 10
TROMP Francisco Ind Rel A son BRIEZEN Juan Cracking A son Glen
kv WJvfivfrl In
KW L SHORT WHILE AFTER THE WELL
Sigfried Franklin Orlando
mfcr fwlAy "^ WAS DISCOVERED SMITH WAS KELLY Jeronimo B Mech Pipe A March 11